online game rentals

JoPh

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I just signed up for a trial of gamefly for like $9 for the first month. Just wanted to see what it was like. So I decided to look into other companys since after the first month its expensive in my eyes, like $16 for 1 game at a time per month.

I came across this site
http://video-game-rental-review.toptenreviews.com/
that seems to review all the sites.

So now my next logical step was to come here.

What does everyone else think?
 

Yreka

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Jul 6, 2005
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Gamefly. Well worth it IMO, especially considering the cost of games. Another plus is access to their used game prices. I think I bought all my games from them last year except Hotshots Golf PS3. Its just so easy, rent a game.. If you like it, click buy it now. You get it at a used price that beats gamestop, no tax, no shipping, plus you get 5$off and 5-10% off depending on length of membership. Hard to find better deals withouth combing the FS/FT forums.

I am in almost 1 year now.. They haven't been perfect, but they have been good.
 

Queasy

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Aug 24, 2001
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I am signed up to Gamefly but I think I'm going to cancel the service. Not necessarily because the service is bad but because I'm not using it enough to justify the cost. Especially not since I can use Coke Rewards to get free rental coupons at Blockbuster.

If I had the time to play games regularly, it would be worth it though.
 

RandomFool

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I haven't used any of em. I don't play games quick enough to justify renting them.

A friend of mine used to use gamefly and seems to like it but I'm not sure if he's still using them.
 

AntiFreze

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I'm on my 3rd week of gamefly. I bought a wii and wanted to try games out before I bought them. Currently have Rayman 1 (fiance wanted to play it), dropped zack and wiki in the mailbox yesterday morning and they are shipping RE:4 today.

I'll stick with them for a while.
 

fatpat268

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I use gamefly to buy a lot of new release games. Usually they're discounted 10-12 dollars, and on top of that, I get a 5% discount and 5 dollars every three months. So, when GTA4 came out, I got it for 45.99 (That's with all discounts and tax included) compared to 64.94 if I would've bought it in the stores. Not too bad. My membership pays itself off one game alone.

In between new releases that interest me, I rent a lot of games that I otherwise wouldn't have bought, just to try them out. Also, i often get tired of most games two or three weeks after I get them, so I figure a 20 dollar membership saves me at least 30 dollars a month.